Stories of Hope
Inspirational stories open up pathways for connection, hope, love and second chances. These stories feature individuals in our community who have been impacted by donation and transplantation, and who have been highlighted in our annual LifeCenter Calendar, bring to life the ways in which people support each other, especially through challenging times and turn their stories into hope.
- All
- Donation Champions
- Donor Families
- Living Donors
- Organ Recipients
- Tissue and Cornea Recipients
- Waiting
Organ Recipients
February: Felicia Rohman, Mother of Hadlee Rohman, Heart Recipient. Featured in 2023 Calendar.
Hadlee Mae was born in 2017 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a complex congenital heart defect. After two open-heart surgeries, she began to decline ...
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Donor Families
January: Erica Randall, Family of Gail Randall, Cornea Donor. Featured in 2023 Calendar.
Gail was simply amazing. She had the kindest soul and would do anything for anyone. She lived her life to serve others, so when given ...
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Tissue and Cornea Recipients
December: Christienne King and AJ Wilson, Family of Adrienne King, Organ and Cornea Donor (1959-1992), Featured in 2004 Calendar.
In 1992, the oldest of my four sisters suffered a non-survivable brain injury in a fall. Despite having Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy, Adrienne knew no ...
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Donor Families
November: Lynette Wade, Mother of Landon Steele, Tissue and Cornea Donor (1989-2013). Featured in 2015 Calendar.
Grief is as individual as we are! Eight years later; I’m still learning how to live on while enduring the loss of Landon. The first ...
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Organ Recipients
October: Jonathan Voorhees, Liver Recipient. 13 years post-transplant. Featured in 2013 Calendar.
Jonathan was born with a rare liver disease called biliary atresia. The doctors attempted to save his native liver with a major surgery but unfortunately ...
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Tissue and Cornea Recipients
September: Connie Lawson, Cornea Recipient. 8 years post-transplant. Featured in 2016 Calendar.
In 2013, I contracted a severe fungal infection in my eye. The pain was so intense that I couldn’t do anything and quickly began to ...
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